Brooklyn, Continued
Brooklyn produced the folkies
- Dave Van Ronk
- and Ramblin' Jack Elliot.
- Arlo Guthrie was born
in Brooklyn. Young Bob Dylan traveled to Coney Island to see Arlo's father,
the ailing Woody Guthrie.
Did you know that Brooklyn produced
- Mickey Hart of The Grateful
Dead? So it's not so surprising that Relix Magazine, the Grateful Dead 'zine,
is published here.
Other Brooklynites:
- Larry Taylor (Canned Heat)
- Chris Stein (Blondie)
- Robert Lamm (Chicago)
- Steve Katz (Blues Project, Blood, Sweat and Tears)
- Barry Melton (Country Joe and The Fish)
- Naomi Ruth Eisenberg (Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks)
- Garland Jeffreys
- Richie Havens
- Eric Kaz (songwriter and, at one time, a member of The Blues Magoos)
- Stan Bronstein (Elephant's Memory)
- Harry Nillson
- Eddie Money
- and Peter
Criss (of Kiss).
Later, Brooklyn became "the
city of discos" where John Travolta danced up a storm in "Saturday Night Fever."
The film was shot at the club, 2001 Odyssey, in Bay Ridge.
Anyway, where do you suppose The Crown Heights Affair were from? Even now, Brooklyn is in the vanguard. From the explosive Black Rock Coalition and Living Colour to the rap of The Fat Boys or even The Beastie Boys..., I mean, ain't that "leading edge?"
